The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-08-20
GEORGES PECULIAR THEORY.
His Idea Embodied In the United
Labor Platform.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 19.-The commit
tee on platform held long session last night,
resulting in the retention Of the Clarendon
Hall platform, on which Henry George made
his canvass for Mayor of New York A
variety of propositions was submitted and the
batch was divided into three parts, one going
into the waste basket. the second being re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions as not
pertaining to the platform, and the third
being handed over to Henry George, who
presided, for his consideration. The Social
lists, of whom about thirty remain delegates
in the convention, their seats not being in
question, asked that the Clarendon Hall
platform be retained, since it declared that
all the evils caused to labor are due to the
present peryerse economic system, that labor
IS the creator OF all wealth. and that Il there
Ge amy IN the @ the term
all agreeable to Mr.. George and his adher-
ents after the exclusion of the Socialistic
delegations yesterday. Besides the New
York rejected delegates, two of the delegates
from the 18th New York District and six from
Onondaga county, with numbers of indi-
viduals from various localities, vacated their
seats in the convention. The platform
adopted is identical with that adopted on the
2Sd Of September, 1886, by the convention in
buC llduO duu l1dUOT ASoOCldblOu WHICH
nominated Henry George for Mayor of New
York The platform says;
What we propose is not disturbing any man In
his holdings in title, but by aboishing all taxes ON
industries or its products, to leave to the pro-
ducer the full fruits of his exerton and the taxa
tion of land values, exclusivel OF improvements
in order to devote to the common use these
individual, but from the growth of society," belong
Justly to the community asia whole, This in.
creased taxation of land, not according to its area
but according to its value, must, while relieving
the working farmer and small homestead owner
of the undue burden now imposed upon him, make
it unprofitable to hold land for Speculation and
thus throw open abundant opportunity for the
employment OF labor and the building Of bouses
We would have the general government issue
all the money without the intervention of banks
and would add postal telegraph system and
postal savings banks to the postal service
We would assume public control and OWNERSHIP
of the iron roads which are becoming the high
ways of modern commerce.
We desire to simplify the procedure of the
courts and to diminish the expenses of legal nro-
ceedings in order that the poor may be placed on
an equality with the rich and the long DELAYS.
which now result in scandaous miscarrlages of
justice, be prevented
The morning session was wholly devoted
to the platform. Henry George reported it
and it was adopted without division.
AT the afternoon session, nominations for
State officers were made as follows: Secre-
tary of State, Henry George; Treasurer r.
II. Cummings, of Montgomery; ATTORNEY
General, Dennis C. Feely, of Rochester,.
State Engineer and Surveyor, Sylyanus A.
Sweet. A motion offered by Mr.. O'Donnell
that no member of the United Labor Party
can be member of any other political party.
was unanimously carried.